The Aydin Group at LMU Munich has unveiled a novel strategy for making perovskite solar cells more robust against extreme temperature fluctuations. To this end, the researchers led by Dr. Erkan Aydin, group leader at LMU’s Department of Chemistry…
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Space-grade perovskite solar cells can survive extreme temperature fluctuations
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American Airlines and Google say AI helped airplanes reduce contrails that trap heat
American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline’s flights using an AI-based forecasting tool to help prevent contrails.
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High-performance LFP cathodes have potential to extend electric vehicle range
A recent breakthrough in electrode technology addresses one of the key limitations of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries—namely, their relatively short driving distance. Researchers from UNIST, in collaboration with Sookmyung Women’s…
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Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition
Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now.
Others that…
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Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’
Enhanced geothermal has had a promising few years, nudged forward by data centers’ insatiable demand for electricity. Fervo Energy has landed deals on those tailwinds, suggesting, but not guaranteeing, that the company was through the “
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Smarter, faster, and more human: AI system helps robots outpace their human teachers
Robots are increasingly learning new skills by watching people. From folding laundry to handling food, many real-world, humanlike tasks are too nuanced to be efficiently programmed step by step.
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Tesla faces new questions about how cars in self-driving mode handle poor conditions
Federal auto regulators have escalated a probe of Tesla after several of its cars crashed while using its self-driving feature, just as CEO Elon Musk prepares to roll out a new model with no steering wheel or pedals.
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
The dream of the metaverse may have died for now, but Meta has decided it’s not completely giving up on the VR experience in Horizon Worlds, the virtual worlds service that it originally…
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Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
The actual legwork to activate this feature only takes a few seconds, but the 24-hour countdown makes it something you cannot do spur of the moment. But why 24 hours? According to Samat, this is designed to combat the…
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What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution
In 2023, I traveled to South Korea on a Fulbright fellowship, excited to revisit some of my favorite places from 30 years earlier when I was an exchange student at Han Nam University. Han Nam is located in Daejeon City, in the heart of Korea, a…
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